Gedenkstein Memorial

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“In the future, the past is latent.” This quote, etched into the Gedenkstein Memorial, might seem cryptic at first. But stand here a moment, before this stark obelisk of Bayerwald granite, and let the weight of its message settle upon you. The Gedenkstein Memorial is not a monument to a distant past. It is a stark reminder, unveiled in 1983, of the horrors endured by victims of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp system, specifically its subcamp in Oberilzmühle. The inscription you see on the memorial, “To the Victims of the Mauthausen-Oberilzmühle Concentration Camp 1942-1945,” speaks to a time when this peaceful city was touched by the shadow of the Nazi regime.

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